Happy Birthday, Dear Gemini

Happy birthday, dear Gemini. Your gift from the heavens this year will be soothing nostalgia, seeds of love in unexpected places, and a steady seat in the eye of the storm at times. Your cool social skills will brace you against two retrogrades, but beware of technical mishaps heading your way.

Embrace the Season

“Gemini season” comes between cool, wet spring and warm summer. This season is special because it comes at the penultimate epoch of a pandemic. It’s time to see - and hug! - your friends, clean off the grill, and take the world up on all it has to offer again.

Gemini season also comes after Taurus’s grounded siege, when we hold onto those habits and mindsets that kept us safe. Think of your first attempt at spring cleaning - were there any gadgets you held onto because it still served its purpose? You’re usually not one to hoard, Gemini, and it's okay to hold onto something more for nostalgia than for purpose.

The Sun, Venus, and Mercury were also in Taurus for what felt like an eon. You weathered some big shifts that brought your goals into view. Your usual method of handling stress at work is to put in extra hours and focus on the task at hand. Make sure your supervisors notice. Remember to use your natural charisma to even out the workload and evaluate your coworkers’ strengths and weaknesses. Remember, some others may be holding onto the debris from one of their own big shifts. You, as airy and flexible Gemini, have survived by quick wit and fast talk. Advocate for your less socially-apt allies until the siege of Taurus gives way to smooth, easy Gemini.

Logical Gemini, you may hesitate to back away from your technology as Uranus settles into stubborn Taurus. Back away from the Zoom, the Google meetings, and virtual classrooms. Some of these facets of “the new normal” will continue to tempt most people. It took us this long to settle into lockdown mode, and it finally feels comfortable. How many more hours behind the computer can you squeeze in? It won’t take you long, dear Gemini, because once you settle back into your social status among your friends, you will feel right as rain. Your friends are your most important asset, and the feeling is mutual. Now is the time to move those online meetings to outdoor brunches.

Retrograde

Saturn, ruler of aging, method, and task-mastery, is in retrograde this summer. You won’t physically feel older despite the increasing number of candles on your cake. This birthday will feel less like a landmark and more of a celebration with friends you haven’t seen in a long time. However, you will feel all of your wisdom that has come with age. You may feel nostalgic at times, but Gemini nostalgia often manifests itself in action - be it scrapbooking old memories or emulating your favorite videogame. Don't dwell too long on past mistakes. Embrace the wisdom you gained and mentor those who have much to learn lest they learn the hard way as well.

Mercury is in retrograde from May 29th to June 22nd. Slow down and prepare yourself. With Mercury as your ruling planet, its retrograde will affect you and sister Virgo most heavily. Consider moving that project management meeting out of the retrograde window, especially the couple of days at its cusps. If you can’t reschedule, remember to have someone else to talk your decisions through - especially Taurus, who will elude most of the retrograde’s most aggravating effects.

Remember geeky Uranus sitting in Taurus? As retrograde throws hang-ups in communication, Uranus will resist your usual troubleshooting. Uranus in Taurus with a Mercury retrograde means wonky internet and technology problems, and at its worst, it can mean car trouble as well. In our tech-driven world, that can put a strain on our careers and friendships. You, dear Gemini, are going to have your work cut out for you. Not only must you use your social status among friends to ease yourself out of trouble, but you will find yourself negotiating between friends, coworkers, and the upper crust.

Love in Fertile Soil

Mercury is eclipsing Venus this season. Mercury will have a corona radiata of Venus’s passionate influence. Keep this in mind. Your skills as an arbiter are not usually carried away by such flames of passion, and sometimes it can be fun to see where your impulses will take you.

With both Mercury and Venus in Gemini exerting influence, don’t be surprised to see passion sew seeds in unexpected places. Friends will become more than friends, and your lover will grow closer than ever. This is especially true for you, dear Gemini, as you value friendship most of all in your intimate relationships.